Metals and Mining

Company Overview of Aleris International, Inc.

Company Overview

Aleris International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells aluminum rolled and extruded products. The company operates in six segments: Rolled Products North America, Rolled Products Europe, Rolled Products Asia Pacific, Extrusions, Recycling and Specification Alloys North America, and Recycling and Specification Alloys Europe. It produces rolled aluminum and coated products for various applications, including building and construction, distribution, transportation, and other uses in the consumer durables general industrial segments, as well as rolled products, such as aerospace plate and sheet, brazing sheet, automotive sheet, and heat treated plate for engineering u...

Aleris International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells aluminum rolled and extruded products. The company operates in six segments: Rolled Products North America, Rolled Products Europe, Rolled Products Asia Pacific, Extrusions, Recycling and Specification Alloys North America, and Recycling and Specification Alloys Europe. It produces rolled aluminum and coated products for various applications, including building and construction, distribution, transportation, and other uses in the consumer durables general industrial segments, as well as rolled products, such as aerospace plate and sheet, brazing sheet, automotive sheet, and heat treated plate for engineering uses and other uses in the transportation, construction, and packaging industries. The company also produces soft and hard alloy extruded aluminum profiles for end-uses in the aerospace, automotive, transportation, building and construction, electrical, and mechanical engineering industries, as well as provides value-added fabrication to its extruded products. In addition, it recycles aluminum and manufactures specification alloys; manufactures and sells specification alloys in molten or ingot form to customers principally in the automotive industry; and supplies specification alloys to aluminum producers and manufacturers. It has operations in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Asia, Europe, South America, and internationally. The company is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. Aleris International, Inc. is a subsidiary of Aleris Corporation.

Aleris International announced that it will close its aluminum finishing plant in Decatur just a few months after acquiring the business in a $110 million cash deal. Nichols Aluminum, which began as Decatur Aluminum Corp. in the late 1950s and now has 95 employees, will shut down during the next few months. An effects bargaining process with the union representing plant workers will determine the terms of separation for employees of the Decatur facility. The Nichols Aluminum shutdown is one of several plant closures in north Alabama during the last year and a half.

Aleris International, Inc. has unveiled new 7017 aluminum alloy in North America for commercial plate and defense end-uses. After extensive review and testing of Aleris 7017, the US Army Research Lab (USARL) has issued MIL-DTL-32505 for use in armor applications. The weld compatibility of the new alloy gives great flexibility to armored vehicle designers, enabling them to incorporate different design characteristics. The optimum balance of elements that comprise Aleris 7017 provides for superior stress-corrosion cracking resistance while maintaining high strength and weldability properties. To develop a new alloy for America's ground forces, ARL engineers place the product through a series of standardized tests to validate the material's performance in the ballistic protection level, corrosion resistance and weldability. Fusion welds of 7017 plate have excellent strength with the weld heat-affected zone strengthening with time. 7017 is weld compatible with the 5xxx series alloys such as 5083 and Alustar 5059, Aleris' high-strength alloy designed to withstand corrosive environments.

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